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Thursday, 26th January 2012

What do you miss out on if not staying in the official hotel for PyCon (or other tech conferences)?

Not a lot really, provided you’re within walking distance of the venue. The official conference hotel for an event like PyCon will likely have a hallway track that continues until the early hours (people hanging out and hacking on things in the hotel lobby) but staying in a different place won’t prevent you from joining in with that.

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Why is the Zen of Python obfuscated in the “this” module?

I imagine the reason is very simple: Because it’s fun!

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